"He's got a full no-trade, and his contract is what it is," Cashman told Heyman.

Trade speculation grew this week as Rodriguez was wrapping up a 3-for-25 postseason and was benched for Games 3 and 4 of the AL Championship Series. Cashman denied a report that said the Yankees and Miami Marlins have discussed an A-Rod trade. The report by Keith Olbermann, writing for MLB.com, said the talks have occurred at an executive level above Cashman's.

A day before Cashman's comments, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said there would be a market for A-Rod if the Yanks agreed to eat most of that money.

Asked by Phoenix radio station KTAR on Thursday if teams, including the D-backs, would make a run at A-Rod if they had to pay just a fraction of the cost, Gibson replied: "You're asking the wrong guy on our behalf, but I do think there'd be interest, certainly."

Gibson believes a change of scenery could help the 37-year-old Rodriguez.

"It happens with players all the time throughout the history of the game. Guys think they're washed up, they go somewhere else to get a breath of fresh air, revitalize them and they have quite a few years left in them," Gibson told KTAR. "It happened to me when I was getting older."